What Is Local Law 11 & How Can It Affect NYC Homeowners?

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What Is Local Law 11 How Can It Affect NYC
Homeowners?
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• The NYC Façade Inspection Safety Program (FISP),
  is similar in many ways to Local Law 11 (and less
  of a tongue twister!), and requires the owners of
  buildings in NYC that are higher than six
  stories, to have their exterior walls and
  appurtenances professionally inspected every five
  years.
• In addition, building owners must file a
  technical building façade report with the New
  York City Department of Buildings. The purpose of
  the law is to guarantee safety, and ensure that
  nothing is able to fall off, or out of the façade
  of a building, causing a hazard to anyone below,
  or in the vicinity.

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• What inspired Local Law 11?
• In the 80s and 90s, a number of terrible events
  were recorded in which pieces of buildings
  somehow become dislodged and fell to the ground
  below, causing significant harm to individuals
  walking by.

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• What will happen during a Local Law 11
  inspection?
• Carried out by a Qualified Exterior Wall
  Inspector or QEWI (someone who is either a New
  York State registered architect or a New York
  State professional engineer with at least one
  year of experience), the inspection involves a
  critical assessment of the appropriate sides of
  the building, in which they will pay attention to
  issues such as loose bricks, bulging masonry or
  cracks. They will also use specialist equipment
  and tools to check whether there might be any
  unseen problems lurking beneath the surface.

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• How does Local Law 11 affect NYC building or home
  owners?
• If you see scaffolding erected on a building in
  New York City with six stories or more, you can
  assume that Local Law 11 is responsible unsafe
  building facades are a common problem, and with
  inspections happening every five years, its
  little surprise that so many of them take place.
• Its important to recognize that most inspections
  will not be dealt with overnight, and that
  scaffolding may be something you and other
  residents of the building are forced to live with
  for an indeterminable amount of time.

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• The cost of such inspections is usually included
  in your monthly common charges or maintenance,
  and note that it isnt cheap. While costs will
  vary according to the type of building and the
  materials used, among others factors, the average
  Local Law 11 inspection can cost as much as a few
  hundred thousand dollars, and with the addition
  of a 265 filing fee plus penalties for failing
  to file, the total amount can quickly skyrocket.
• However, to put it in perspective, if youre a
  NYC homeowner, you might be looking at paying
  around 500 a year to comply with Local Law 11,
  although this is just to cover the cost of the
  inspection should any issues be found and need
  to be rectified, the cost to fix them would
  naturally bump up the price you have to pay.

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• If youre a building owner and a Local Law 11
  inspection has brought some issues to light,
  youll need to reach out to an experienced
  construction company in the city to carry out the
  work quickly, and professionally.

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